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Mechanical engineering student Anna Balbach is also a certified yoga instructor. She shared this six-minute video to help peers find mental balance and strength ahead of finals.
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Learn how the AME lab space at Biegler Hall has adjusted its space to ensure safety of its students, faculty and staff while allowing for immersive, hands-on learning.
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USC Viterbi’s Roger Ghanem and Xiaoshu Zeng have created models which predict daily, new COVID-19 cases.
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Researchers determine triggers for transitions between coordinated movement of organelles called cilia, identifying a potential diagnostic tool for cancer and other illnesses.
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Professor Ananya Renuka Balakrishna attempts to create batteries with longer lifespans.
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The fourth lecture in the 10-part series focuses on how automation can help enhance human productivity in industries such as manufacturing while keeping them safe during the global pandemic.
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The second lecture in the 10-part series focuses on how the virus spreads in droplets and what masks are most effective
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Inaugural lecture in 10-part series focuses on modeling epidemics as a chemical reaction process
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The 4th annual Sustain-A-Thon saw 57 students propose solutions for making the planet more livable and sustainable.
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USC master’s students tackle robots, masks and droplet dispersion, to better understand how to live with COVID-19.
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Both lecture series launch the week after Labor Day, offering students a comprehensive faculty coverage of COVID-19 and a series on sustainable energy with Dean Yortsos
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The third floor Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering lab was reconfigured over the summer to offer students an interactive, yet safe experience this fall.
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The RoBeetle’s artificial muscle is powered by controlled catalytic combustion, a technology that has the potential to enable the development of a diverse new generation of microrobots capable of operating on land, water and air.
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Projects centered on precision agriculture, water modeling using AI, and smog-reducing architecture have been recognized in the USC Center for Sustainability Solutions’ latest grants.
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The work of USC Viterbi’s Quan Nguyen focuses on improving robot agility in legged robots so they can more easily and efficiently navigate difficult terrain
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Applying shockwaves can improve conditions for fluid mixing in supersonic combustion engines, paving the way for flights at speeds five times faster than the speed of sound.
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Xu’s research focuses on on the creation of electronics-free, entirely-soft autonomous robots.
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Travis Mendoza, ’16, came to Mexico to build a hotel; when the pandemic struck, he began to focus more on building a community.
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USC researchers are using AI to fuel more confident diagnosis of renal tumors, as well as more customized treatment for cancer patients and patients infected with COVID-19.
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The design team will present its design on Wednesday, June 17 at 10:50 a.m. PST. Livestream will be available.
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From among 113 teams around the world, USC students came in first in the remote fly-off and also won best report at the 2019-2020 competition.
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USC and IBM researchers use deep learning to identify manufacturing issues before they spread, reducing wasted time, money and materials.
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Awards span research from machine learning to wastewater reuse to fluid dynamics and to self-healing materials.
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Combustion expert to start a three-year term on July 1, 2020.
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Motivated to engineer a better world for all humanity, USC Viterbi celebrates graduates who have pursued academic excellence and impacted their communities.
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Computational models developed by USC researchers show adaptively controlling tumor cell populations to keep them in competition can more effectively treat cancer.
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Hannah Walker, a graduating mechanical engineering major and winner of the USC Discovery Scholar Prize, has created a device to inexpensively map the ocean’s underwater topography.
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Imagine a museum where Japanese-Americans from World War II live on as virtual avatars. Cole Kawana is working on it.
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The Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering honored outstanding seniors on Friday, May 1 at a virtual celebration of their achievements.
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The USC Viterbi-led startup, which hopes to leverage AI for manufacturing, takes home the $50,000 grand prize at the 10th annual MEPC.
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USC teams take the first three places in the prestigious competition, with USC Viterbi students leading the way.
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Dozens of USC Viterbi freshmen competed in the Boeing Design Challenge, where they got a taste of engineering design at a real-world aerospace company.
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USC researchers adapt a customizable robot to autonomously perform disinfection tasks in both small and large spaces.
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USC researchers and alumni emphasize innovation and collaboration to support the fight against COVID-19 on the front lines.
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Annual rankings by U.S. News & World Report also keep USC Viterbi among the top five private engineering schools
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USC researchers build robots that can print complicated shapes without compromising on quality or accuracy.
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The record-breaking student-led USC Rocket Propulsion Laboratory launched its latest vehicle, Poise, to test a new propellant, recovery system and more.
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A team of USC students is one of 10 finalists awarded $10K to build a water extraction tool for NASA’s Moon to Mars challenge.
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USC students launch Beamlink to provide the first ultraportable, low cost cellular base station for disaster relief and rural connectivity.
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USC Viterbi freshman Jovani Esparza, a first-generation scholarship student, has worked since age 10 to support his family
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What USC researchers uncovered about sea star locomotion could help scientists design simpler, decentralized systems in robotics and beyond.
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Henry Salvatori Early Career Chair Mitul Luhar was awarded $500K to develop porous materials to better regulate fluid flow, with implications toward smoother performance for aircrafts, water vessels and ground vehicles.
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The research team was awarded 2.1M Node-hours by US Department of Energy’s INCITE program to develop a framework that can inform future high-speed flying vehicles.
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USC Researcher Discovers a New Approach to Stabilize Spinning Systems by Simultaneously Injecting and Removing Energy
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Alina Garcia Taormina, a USC Viterbi Ph.D. student, is named Graduate Student Role Model by the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers.
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Researchers from the Autonomous Microrobotic Systems Laboratory were acknowledged for designing the first four-winged robotic insect weighing less than 100mg.
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After a mechanical failure at June’s Formula SAE competition, USC Racing wins first place at a recent SoCal competition.
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The latest edition of the 10-year-old Maseeh Entrepreneurship Prize Competition promises to transform high-tech ideas into viable startups.
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Researchers at the USC Viterbi Center for Advanced Manufacturing identify an algorithm to optimize robots to provide short, collision-free solutions in complex manufacturing spaces.
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Women now comprise 50% of the entering undergraduate class, a historic record for USC Engineering.
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High schoolers attend USC Viterbi’s Center for Advanced Manufacturing Open House
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The AIAA recognized students from the rocket lab for being the first undergraduate student team to design, build and successfully launch a rocket into space.
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USC Viterbi and the Center for Advanced Manufacturing will develop education platform to prepare U.S. workforce for challenges, opportunities in advanced manufacturing
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A team of USC Viterbi undergraduates that is developing underwater wireless communication technology will represent the U.S. at the Global Grand Challenges Summit student competition finals
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Sophomores and juniors from across the nation participate in cutting-edge research and get a taste for Trojan life
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Tim Ellis, named to MIT Technology Review’s 2019 “35 Innovators Under 35” for his use of massive 3-D printers to build space-bound rockets
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Jonathan Sauder, a NASA JPL engineer, lands “highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on early career scientists and engineers” for his work on RainCube and Venus Rover.
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L.A. Youth Gain Hands-On Engineering Experience at Three-Day Camp Hosted by the USC Viterbi Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
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USC Viterbi Assistant Professor Mitul Luhar Develops an Algorithm to Optimize Surfaces for Fast, Frictionless Motion in Water and Air
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Assad Oberai demonstrates how machine learning can be used to more quickly and accurately diagnose breast cancer.
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Traveler IV is reportedly the first entirely student-designed and built rocket to pass the Kármán line into outer space
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Mechanical engineering students challenged themselves to make a robotic fish that not only swims like a real fish, but looks the part too, demonstrating the possibilities inherent to soft robotics.
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Graduate students from the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering present award-winning research in smart robotics
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The more cancer cells “talk” to each other, the less they grow. New research by USC Viterbi’s Paul Newton looks to encourage this.
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From an all-women undergraduate team to teams comprised of Ph.D. students, the ninth rendition of the business model competition brings new meaning to engineering innovation.
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Researchers develop an autonomous ship guidance system using probabilistic modeling and AI
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In a prestigious summer program at Stanford University, Viterbi PhD students collaborate with leading researchers in their field to study airplane engines
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Researchers study how to get even more out of hydrogen fuel to improve engine efficiency
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New AI algorithms could allow robots to learn to move by themselves, imitating animals.
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Undergraduate students enrolled in AME 441A show off their semester’s work
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Presidential Scholarship Winning Duo, Brother and Sister Miles and Evie Kay, studying to be engineers
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The Baum Family Maker Space, which will establish a new hub for undergraduate student innovation, positions USC Viterbi as a leader in hands-on engineering learning.
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“First Man” screening event celebrates Neil Armstrong (M.S. ’70), spotlights Trojan space pioneers and “the next giant leap” in space exploration
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The USC Viterbi outreach program premiered its second annual STEM education camp for middle school girls, featuring major voices from aerospace engineering
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USC Viterbi students design a deep-space transport with artificial gravity, earning first place in the graduate division of NASA’s student competition
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In this undergraduate course, students look to nature to design and build robots that mimic the movement of animals
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After long nights that muddled into early mornings in SAL, CED, and Leavey, they’re ready to set sail
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2018 USC Viterbi master’s students shared hugs, laughs and memories at graduation ceremonies.
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Accomplishments of Viterbi Master’s students celebrated at the second annual event
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At the 2018 USC Viterbi Ph.D. Hooding and Awards ceremony, the intellectual descendants of Curie, Drexler and Viterbi took the stage.
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USC NSBE President turns trials into triumphs by taking National Best Medium Chapter for NSBE while finishing her undergraduate degree at USC.
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The student-led model aircraft team places 6th at the AIAA international Design Build Fly competition
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At the regional AIAA Student Conference, three mechanical engineering seniors placed 1st in the undergraduate paper competition
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Students and faculty from nine local universities attended the 12th annual Southern California Flow Physics Symposium (SoCal Fluids) at USC’s main campus
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USC Viterbi faculty, students receive multiple awards at the 2018 OCEC Awards and Honors Banquet.
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USC Viterbi marks 10-year aviation research collaboration with Airbus, Korean Air and two affiliated universities
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Researchers apply machine learning to create a quick and easy method for measuring changes linked to cardiovascular disease
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The student-led Recumbent Vehicle Design Team took 4th place overall at ASME’s annual racing competition, including 1st and 3rd place finishes in multiple events
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USC researchers train AI to distinguish flow patterns created by swimmers
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The national honor reflects USC NSBE’s strength in “academic excellence, professional development, and community outreach.”
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USC Viterbi researchers apply biology-based mathematical models to optimize chemotherapy treatment
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Faculty advisor Charles Radovich recounts his favorite competitions
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USC Viterbi researchers consider ways to improve aircraft efficiency and fuel economy
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Recent USC Viterbi alumna uses her experiences as a first-generation college student to encourage others to pursue a college education
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USC alumna and adjunct research associate professor Anita Sengupta led a project to create the coldest spot in the solar system on the International Space Station and now is bringing space travel here on Earth
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Entrepreneurs of young, exciting companies gather in SCilicon Beach for an evening of networking and dual-use ventures
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From rocket engines to flapping wings, senior mechanical and aerospace engineering students show off their work.
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A Q&A with the undergraduate students who run this year’s Formula SAE racing team
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How a diver’s shape and impact force affect the characteristics of a splash
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What PhD student Jonathan Hoy learned from the Argonne Training Program on Extreme-Scale Computing